10 More days until the fun begins!
Ken
No worries Ken, I have done that myself a few times. I probably won’t start mine until late in the year, but I will defiantly be keeping track.
9 more days to go!
Ken
The countdown continues! Just 8 more days until this group build starts!
Ken
Just one more week until this group build starts!
Ken
We are getting closer now. Just six more days until we start! [whstl]
Ken
We are getting closer. Only 5 more days!
Ken
Hi Everyone,
The clock is winding down. Only three more days!
Ken
It is time to fire them engines up! Only two more days!
Ken
Hi Everyone,
Tomorrow is the big day! I hope everyone is fired up!
Ken
I have been looking at the wrong date. The build starts this Saturday. Sorry about the confusion!
Ken
Okay folks, tomorrow is the big day! Berny’s birthday! I hope to see everyone tomorrow!
Ken
Happy Birthday Berny! [hbday]
This group build is now officially underway!
Ken
Hi Everyone!
I spent most of the day working on the F-84E “Hoosier Hotshot”. Though a majority of it was doing research. I decided I did not like the throttle control that came with the resin cockpit. I think I can make a better one from scratch. So I ordered some styrene stock of appropriate sizes.
I did get some work done on the cockpit though. Here is how it looks tonight:
Ken
Hi Everyone,
Spent most of today working on the F-84E “Hoosier Hotshot”. I am getting very close to being finished with detailing the resin parts of the cockpit:
There is an armor shield that goes in right behind the pilot’s head and shoulders. It attaches to the canopy along with some electronics. There is some rather large stenciling on it that is not included on the decal sheet. So I have ordered some clear blank decal sheets and I will print them myself. This will be my first time doing this so we will see how that turns out! [:)]
Ken
Hi gang.
Sorry I’ve been quiet lately, just a lots of things on my mind.
The latest update to Firefox leaves me unable to post here, so now I have to use IE. I had to update the compatibility settings to get it to work as well. I have been a supporter of Firefox all the way back to version 3.1 or so, and even Netscape. Now it’s just annoying as hell as we are up to version 27!
I’ve done a little work here and there on the models. Still got a few details to finish out the Growler.
Here I give a test of my cameras macro feature- this blade antenna is only about a quarter inch tall-there are a total of 4 to do.
(I am now finding Photobucket is not working correctly in Firefox as well- some of the scripts are just not working. I hope they come up with a fix very quickly. Their website suggests clearing cookies and history- I don’t believe that’s the problem!)
1 of 3 mirrors inside the canopy-
I am finding that the Voodoo is becoming a bit of a pain. No clear locaters for the instrument panels so I have no choice but to install the cockpit tub in place to figure out their correct placement. It is inserted from below after the two fuselage halves are joined- unfortunately, the front landing gear bay has to be assembled before the halves are joined. The bay has the doors already attached so it is trapped between the two fuselage halves when cemented together. The instructions were too vague and I made the mistake of cementing up the bay and then realizing the gear and parts were to be installed as the sides and bottom (top) of the bay went together- I had to break apart a section of the bay to get them into place-
Not the best picture but I hope it gives you the idea.
Jim
Great work once again Jim! How you manage to do it in 1/72 scale is amazing. [Y] [Y]
That seems like a strange way of fitting the instrument panel. I thought Revell did a better job than that on engineering. That would be a pain to deal with.
Ken
Ken: Looks good again! Keep us posted on printing your own decals, some of the guys in our club do it but I haven’t tried it yet.
Jim: I know what you mean, had to rip a wing I’d cemented together apart last week since it dried crooked. You’d think the instructions would be a little clearer in your case though.
And thanks for the head’s up on Firefox, this is going to be fun. I was gone most of Sat. and my blasted ISP was down again Sun. night so I missed out on all the excitement.
So, I got started on my F-4G project for the build. I’ve sorted through my kit to make sure all parts are there, only to discover that half of the fuselage is damaged. Part of the center divider for the cockpit was broken off and missing from the package. I have contacted Hasegawa US and they said they will send me out a replacement; however, it will take 4 to 6 weeks for delivery since they have to order it directly from Japan.
In the meantime, this will give me ample opportunity to go very slow with the construction of the cockpit details and work on panel lines and the removal of the features that are molded into the HSGWA F-4 that do not belong on the “G” model.
Thank you Cliff for the compliments. And I will be posting the results of those decals.
Ken